19:54 - Renowned historian Dr. Rohwer passes awayThe renowned military historian Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rohwer died on 24 July 2015 at the age of 91. He was the author of over 400 publications, among them the books Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945 and Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two.

10:09 - U-boat commander updatesIn a major update Rainer compiled a list of 172 death dates for German U-boat Commanders of WWII. See partial updated list. We also did a few other improvements (estimated/rough date to full date, minor spelling errors for 2 men ...). We often get e-mails asking if a certain commander is still alive today, this should answer some of those. Sadly fewer and fewer are alive today. Of the 268 still with unknown fate the youngest would be 90 years old.